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Example Sentences

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"It was done in the blink of an eye… I don't think we had another gig for a couple of months, I didn't really know where it was going to go from there."

From BBC • May 16, 2026

If you were on the grand jury, can you blink twice if you were under duress?

From Slate • May 2, 2026

“Both U.S. and Iran may be trying to shore up leverage and playing a game of who blink first,” they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“Coming in as a freshman I was like, ‘Oh, I have so much time,’ and now it has gone by in a blink of an eye,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

I could get to Yonder in a blink with this boot, and I could run away if more trouble came along.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff